<p>my question is very simple. Do schools use % to calculate GPA or the mark you get on your report card? Because different places have different standards for A and B. It seems like US schools have 90% as A right? It's only 86% for A here, but then it's also harder to achieve a 86% here ( i know a person who was getting mostly Bs here and went to US and got straight As).</p>
<p>Does it matter? As far as I know, in every school that uses both percentages and letter grades, the percentages and letter grades are directly related.</p>
<p>Not all US schools use 90% as an A either though.
My school uses a 93% as an A.</p>
<p>I also know of schools where a 94 is and A and a 93 is a B. It really does vary.</p>
<p>I think, in general, if the school grades with basic As, Bs, Cs, then GPA is done strictly by the grade (no matter where you are in the % range for that grade). </p>
<p>If, however, the school gives A, A-, B+, B, B- (etc) based on the specific % grade, then there are some variations in the grade points assigned. </p>
<p>THEN…there is the whole issue of weighted grades for AP/IB/Honors classes.</p>
<p>Simple as it seems…there just is no simple answer!</p>
<p>GPA is normally calculated through letter grades…</p>
<p>GPAs are typically determined by A,B, and Cs and not percentages. A overall percantage should not be converted to a GPA … each final grade should be converted to a A,B, and Cs and then a GPA computed (a 92% overall average could be … 100% (A), 88% (B), 88% (B) (3.33 GPA) … or 92%, 92%, 92% (4.00 GPA)). In addition differences in absolute percentage scales do not necessarily mean anything … at first glance a 93% requirement for an A may sound much tougher than a 85% reguirement; but without knowing how difficult the courses were this difference means little (an A might be asier in an easier course even with a 93% requirement).</p>
<p>I asked my superintendant to move our GPA scale to that shown on college board.com due to it would make us more competitive at better colleges currently if you make 7 A’s and 1 B you have a 3.88. If it was college boards GPA scale it could be a 3.96 so hopefully I can at least help the future kids from my school.</p>
<p>Thank you, everyone. so it seems that GPA is calculated by the mark instead of the percentage, which is fortuanate because it seems that a 86 is harder to get here than a 90 or 93 or whatever it is in the states.</p>
<p>there are so much boring homework that I always forget to do :S</p>